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'Easy Street' is topically entertaining

Published: GLEANER, Wednesday | December 30, 2009
Marcia Rowe, Gleaner Writer

Glen Campbell (Fungus) and Courtney Wilson (Scabbie) in a scene from Patrick Brown's play, Easy Street, showing at Centre Stage, New Kingston. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

'Tis the season to be jolly and, for the 13th year, Jam Biz International has played its role in spreading this merriment.

Staged at the home venue, Center Stage Theatre, located in New Kingston, the 2009 cheer is titled 'Easy Street'. 'Easy Street' is hilariously funny and seriously sobering. The storyline is minimal but is creatively wrapped in a package (technical, directing and acting) that is refreshingly sound, for the most part.

'Easy Street' comes from the pen of Jam Biz's prolific playwright, Patrick Brown. It is a window into the lives of five characters - Queenie, Princess, Fungus, Scabbie and Corporal Bullie - and is set in a section of a dump called Easy Street. But while these characters with their colourful names escape some basic social obligations, like paying income taxes and utility bills, their lives are anything but easy. Their survival depends on rummaging through garbage deposits and stealing food and clothes.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• easy street
• centerstage
• glen campbell
• courtney wilson
• camille davis
• Patrick brown
• jamaica plays
• centre stage
• theatre
• entertainment
• jambiz